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June 6, 1933.

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AXMINI STER LOOM Filed July 31, 1931 7 Sheets-Sheet 7 Q 'n4 N 1 I W In@m .1 SQ Q N- 1 0 R Q s. s

Patented June 6, y19331.

:JOSEPH A. coYLE. oF'.Aiitsflziazrumili,v` Nnw Yonxrnssmiron 'To'BIGELoW- SANi-onnj.

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'Iheupresent invention relates to Xrnin-` sterloonisand anobjeotthereorfisto protube r 10?- ofthe ltremsporting'carrierinoperative dur-fl .ing one Aor moreWiping-in operations Vof each tubeframe so that the wiping-in mechanism may ,operate ona ralityv of times.

porting vthe y mediate points; fortherpurpose v inglthe. saggingofsnehcarriers. .Astill fur-- ther obj ect offthe invention is "toprovidea 2951 WiperLWhich Will remove `from y depending from the tube frames,v`loose yarn to prevent above vthe present .invention vduring successivewiping-in operations stantiallyv the same space longitudinally.

. called quality7 fabrio." I

l This applicationfis a con ',parts, all of which Will behereinafterde-,gthe novelfeaturesbeing pointed o`11t I l y f arranged on thev driveshaft/9- andengages scribe' in the appended claims.

'IntliefdraWingsb-r- Y C. Fig.' 1 'is side View. v of a Vmachine withparts-:removed ,to illustrater the operation fof the selecting orlimiting mechanism `for the feeding'mechanismv of the transportingcar-"jl -Y f l ed', in. this instance,'bysafratchetwheel 14' Fig. 7 2iseja-g-fragmentaryf .vertical section showing aT tubeiframe about `tobeyretnrned.. '5.' lto Wipingn position by the Awiping-in mech* `ainsin)after the feeding mechanismA 'for theA before being carrie-d V'AnotherY' ering the feeding mechanism'` single tnbef frame-a plu# A furthervobj ect fof 'the'. to provide anovel means-of siipl-y shearing bladecarriers ,atinter-q l d V of prevent. n

the strands the latten being incorporated in j the .completed fabric. Inaddition .to .the i provides vfor. 2illinodifying tlieaotimo-f` thecloth take-rijp thesame tube franieTthata plurality of rows ofthe samepattern or colorg may occupy subil O .3Q-fthe Vfabric that is ordinarilyoccnpied bya single row ofV tuftsto thereby `producea vsof l .y 77. *aretwo rolls'3eontainingtheWarp'tlireadsL tinuationin part' Y ofapplication Serv. No. 298,688,- filed August y Tol thesend otherends,ftheinyention. conf.framefhas agportion 6 .with 'a'forward pro- 1sists v Vof .certain YVparts and combination, @of v i "AXMINs'rnLooM1931.1y srfaifnafssena.

transporting carrier has been rendered inefy' ofthe yarnby the shearingmechanism;

4 isan "en1arged"detail View of the?V shearing mechanismshowing themanner in v'v lfhichthe shearing blades are suppor ted. .in'-terme-diately of their ends; v l

transporting chain is rendered keffective Fig. 6 is a fragmentarypl'anvView. of the4 Fig. 7 is a plan ofthe shearing mechf."

the-Wiper j are operated;

take'up .during successive. Wipingfin'jopera# tions of the same tubeframe.; and

modifying the take-up operations;v v. Y

1 .Referring .7; to v the illustrated '1 embodiment oftheinventiomlindicates thev main frame e of the loomv having aQdriV'e shaftjQ`supportedA Fig; 10 isa front Viewl of the means for` vFig is .a sideview shoyi/inig..more the .takelnp `and means Afoninodifyingy 'thethereon. Also supportedon this main frame which lead` 'ffrom the:v rollsoverthe two Yten;y

siondevices'fftofthe breastpla'te 5 overlwhichyS-f Q Vwhich* thef'driveshaft 9 .ofk. the-transporting carrier;v orchain- 10 tnrns. sprocket 1lis 9k o f-any suitable construction@. Operation ofw the transporting'chain onca-rrijer 10 iseffeot- Jectinga'rm'provided Withiabearing 8 in:V

arranged on the` drive shaft Qand adapted to be --enga'ged'byv two pawls15pV andl' Yp'ivoted-gk yF is a detail vlew showingthe man-'2l' 'i ner1n Whmhthegselecting orA limiting mechanismj for the feeding mechanismofthe s these swinging arms 17 and 18 are pivoted at 19 two links 2Owhich have a common piv ot 21 on the Vdouble arm lever 22 pivoted at 23on an arm 24 supported on the upright 5 of the frame, Fig. 3. To theother end of this lever 22 a link 25 is pivoted, this link 25 vin turnbeing pivoted at 26 to a lever 27,

j Fig. 1, and the latter being pivoted at 28 to. the frame of themachine and carrying the roller 29 for cooperation with the cam 30 onthe drive shaft 2. It is apparent that, with the turning of the driveshaft 2, the lever'22 will be roc red on its pivots 23 and will move thepawls 15and 16 upwardly simultaneously, the pawl 15 acting on one of theteeth of the ratchet wheel 14 and shifting the trans-` porting carrier10. At the same time, the pawl 16 engages behind one of the teeth on theratchet wheel 14 so that upon the descent of the lever 22 the pawl 16will complete the movement'of the transporting carrier 10 and bringanother one of the tube frames with its yarn spool to a position whereit may `be operated upon by the wiping-in mechanism.

rlhe operation of wiping-in the yarn from the different spools iseffected by a wellknown mechanism comprising, in this instance, rockingcarrier 31 pivoted at 32 and rocked by means of links 33'which areoperated from the drive shaft 2. Each of these rocking frames 31 ofwhich-there are two, one at opposite sides of the loom, carries a vlever34 pivoted at 35 between its ends on the carrier and having an endportion 36, Fig. `2,

which is adapted to interlock with one end of a'tube frame 13 topivotally support the tube frame while the latter is detached from thetransporting carrier 10. Mechanism notl shown and old in the art isprovided for Y swinging the two arms 34 on the pivots 35 in order toimpart to the tube frame and its spool a longitudinal movement. Forimiarting a rockin()` movement of avtube frame and its spool on thevarmsf34, two links37, Fig. 2, are provided each detachably interlockingat one end with a tube frame 13 above the pivotal connectionwith thearms @34, eachV of said linksbeing pivotally connected at 38 to an arm39 pivoted at 40 to the frame extension and operated by a link 41 fromthe shaft 2. Thedetails of this wiping-in mechanism are not shown, asthe mechanism is well-known and is not changed in' the presentinvention.- Y

After each pattern'line is wiped-in by a f 4, provided with a cuttingblade 43 and a front blade carrier 44 provided with a cuttingjbladeThese blades are guided at A ltheir ends on 'side pieces'of the mainframe 1 at 88 and 89. To eachendof the blade carrier 44 are pivotedlinks 90, Fig. 8,l each of which is pivoted at 91 to the upper end ofone of two levers 92, the lower ends of which are pivoted at 93 to theframe 1. Each lever 92 carries a roller 94 which cooperates with thecani 95 on the drive shaft 2. To the opposite ends of the knife carrier42 are pivoted links 9G, Fig. 8, which in turn are pivotally connectedtotheuppen ends ofdouble` havefconsiderable length, there is a tendency Vfor the carriers to sag at their middle portions and to prevent thissagging is one of the features of this invention. /This means comprisesintermediate supports for both knife carriers 44 and 42' between "theends of the carriers. The knife carrier 42` has an adjustable bracketarm '46 bolted at 47 to the rea-r sides of the carrier 42 and projectedVupwardly and rearwardly from the carrier at an intermediate portionthereof. vOn the frame portion 6 an armv48 is secured by bolts 49 andprojects forwardly and downwardly from the frame, its lower end beingprovided with an' adjustable guide membery 50 which is pivoted to thearm 48 at 51 and isV heldin its adjusted position by bolt 52, passingthrough the slotr 53 in the guide member, An adjustable abutment 54 onthe arm prevents 'the shifting of the guide member 50 in an upwarddirection.V A pin- 551on the adjustable arm 46 travels iii the guidegroove of the guide member 50 as the knife carrier 42 movesback andforth.

rlhe intermeditae support for the knife cari-ier 44, Fig. 4, embodiesanarm 56projected forwardly and upwardly fromitheknife carr'ier44V andcarrying a Vgi'o'oved guide member-57 which is adjustably mount-H ed onthe arm 56 preferably by a means of two bolts 58 operating in slots 59inthe guide member 57 and anchored in 'the arm 56. A djustable abutments60l cooperate with 'the guide member 57 to hold it in sition. f p u Y Onthe guide member operates aroller 61 projected laterally from anadjustable bracket 62 depending from the underside of a cross piece63whieh extends across theY front of the'loom and is supported from, theframe 1 by an upright extension 64, Fig. 7, oiithe side pieces of themain frame of the loom.

Another feature'of this invention is the provision of means whereby thewiping-in operation of each tube frame may be repeated,

its adjusted po- Y that is, may be made to give two or more wip-l ing-inoperations successively before another tube frame is wiped-in. Thismeans, in this instance, renders thev feeding mechanism of thetransporting carrier 1() inoperative while the lsuccessive wiping-in'operations' of the tube frame are taking'place so Vthat when thewiping-in mechanism returns the tube frame and its spool tothetransporting carrier it is compelled again to take up the same tubeframe and spool andY carry it again to the fabric being woven orto'wiping-in position. This result is accomplished, in this instance,

by limiting the swinging movement of thel operating lever 22 so that thepawls 15 arid 16 move back and forth over 'the vratchet wheel 14withoutimparting'any movement to such ratchet wheel and consequently notimparting any movement tothe transporting chain 10. The limiting means,in this inl-fr` stance, comprises an endless member or chain 65, Figs. 2and 3, mounted to travel on two sprockets 66 and 67and havingafplurality j of stop projections 68 spaced apart. In this instance,this chain isoperated by a step byl stepV movement, first, to presentone o f the stop projections 68'to an adjustable abutvment 69 on thelever 22 and next to presentr a space between twoy stop projections68ste said abutment 69. If the abutment 69 meets the space, then thelever 22 can make afull movement consequently operating the pawls 15 and16 and moving 'the transporting carri'er 10 to a distance to presentanother `tube ssl frame and its spool to the wiping-in mechanism. If,however, a projection 68 -is presented to the abutment 69, then themovement of the lever 22 is limitedor not completed, with the resultthatthe pawls 15 and to the carrier 16 ride on'the ratchet wheel 14 withoutoperating the transporting carrier 10so that the wiping-in mechanismnieves f from the transporting chain to wiping-in position back 10 andthen takes the same tube frame which it `had operated immediately prior.thereto and repeats the wiping-in oja-,

eration. While, in'this instance, the limitingde'vice limits themovement of the lever 22 every other time, it is apparent Athat theinvention is not limited to this arrangement since the size or numberoflimiting stops may serve to suspend the feed of the 'transportingcarrier forany desired A.number of wiping-in repeats by the same tubeframe.

For moving the limiting or selecting` mechanism, a ratchet wheel 70 maybe 4arranged A on the shaft of the sprocket wheel 67 and with thisratchetwheel, 1a pawl' 71 may engage, this pawl being pivoted at'72to anlarm 73 which swings on the shaft 23 i two arm lever 22 also'turns.

A spring 7 5 connects this pawl 71'with the arm 73 to hold the pawl 71normally in-contact with vthe ratchet wheel 70. An arm 76 rigidly'secured to the arm 73 has a link 77 pivotally ,con-1v Y tube frames.

nected thereto andr extending downwardly I therefrom to a bell cranklever 78, Fig. 1, pivoted at 79 to the loom lframe 1 and having a roller8O at its other end cooperating with a cam member 81 adjustably ysecuredto a wheel 82 mounted on the drive shaftf2.

Withtherotation of thedriveshaft 2,=the .s

bell crank 78, is periodicallyengaged by the cam 81 and raises andlowers the linkV 77.

Vith the raising of the link the pawl 71 rides upwardly on the ratchetwheelYV 70V without operating the latter, but with the lowering of thelink, the pawl 71 advancesY the ratchet wheelone "step thus moving theendless selecting or eliminating device one step. A stop pawl 83 pivotedatl 84 cooperates with the ratchet wheel'70 and holds the latter in theposition to which it is moved ."'1`o render thisl limiting mechanisminoperative at will, a rod 71ad Vis connected moved to thetransportingchain and are im-v mediately carried by thelatter.. As' thetransportingv chain is of considerable length these short pieces dropoff Vbefore a tube frame again wipes-in the yarn carried by it. In thismachine, however,where each tube'frame v is successively employed forwipingin two' or more 'pattern' lines, these short vpieces do not haveopportunity to detach themselves from the Ydepending portions ofthe yarnon the tube .frames andYV as va consequence will he wiped-in the fabricon .each successive op! erationof the tube frameunless some meansis'provided to prevent such,` action. In order to'prevent thisactiommeans isprovided for wiping or removing these short pieces of yarnor libre from the depending ends of yarn on each tube fraineafter eachwiping-in opera tion of a tube frame'. In thisinstan'ce, this wipingmeans is in the forni of a comb 85 secured to theV knife carrier 42 andextending ini:Y

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longitudinally of said carrier' above the knife i blade 43, the combhaving longitudinally eX- tending slots' 87 through which screws V86pass in order that the vcomb 85'may be adjustable longitudinally ofthe-rowof yarn `strands to properly position the comb with'reference tothe strands., 'The wipe-olf comb being carried by V the knife carrierv12 and theqcomb' being directly-beneath the tube, frame as the A Ilatter moves upwardly,fthe yarn strands projecting from thetube frameare drawn upwardly through the slots of the-comb or wiper and all shortpieces are removed from such strands so that, when the tube framerepeats its wiping-in action, the short pieces or yarn are not woven inthe completed 75' fabric.

In order that a patterned pile fabric of fine quality and close texturemay be produced without pattern distortion, the present inveny tionprovides means for modifying the takeup during repeats of wiping-inaction by the same tube frame with the result that successive repeats ofthe pattern line by any tube frame may be closely beaten up andconsequently occupy substantially the same space 155 longitudinally ofthe fabric that is ordinarily occupied by a single pattern line.

The modification of the take-up action may be variously contrived, theessentials in this respect being that such change in the take-up 730s'pattern lines in succession, the take-up shall be modified to cause theplural number of the same pattern lines to be beaten up into closerrelation than is ordinarily the case.

Mounted at the front of the loom frame is the take up or spike roll 103which is mounted for rotative movement in bearings 104. Secured to thetake-up or spike'roll 103 is a worm wheel 105 which engages with a Worm106 on a shaft 107, which is supported i 40"- for rotative movement inbearings 108, Fig. 9.

Secured to the shaft 107 is the toothed member or disk 109, which isengaged by a pawl 110 carried by a sleeve 111 loosely mounted on theshaft 107.

Connected to the sleeve' 111 is the rod 112 having its rear endconnected at 113 with the two arm lever 114 pivotally mounted on theloom frame at 115. The lower arm 116 of the lever 114 carries a roll 117which is adapted to be engaged by the cam projections 118 mounted on thecam disk 119, the construction being such that during normal operationsof the loom without repeats of the wiping-in action by a tube frame thelever i114 will be moved to cause the pawl 110 to turn the worm shaft107 and perforce to turn the take-up or spike roll 103. The spring 120normally acts to move the roll 117 into engagement with the camprojections.

Connected to the two arm lever 22 at 121 is a take-up controller 122herein shown as a rod extending downwardly from the lever 22 andpivotallv connected at its lower end 123 with a 'bell crank lever 124pivotally .mounted at 125 to a cross girth 126. One

be so coordinated with the repeated wipingarm of the bell crank lever124 is connected at 127 to a take-upV controlling rod 128 mounted forsliding movement in the bearings 129 and carrying at its end remote fromthe bell crank lever a projection 130.

Rising from the crossgirth 126 is a bracket member 131 into which isthreaded an adjustable stop 132 which is shown in the present instanceas an adjusting screw, the end of which at 133 extends towards the lever114.

During normal weaving operations when each tube frame is caused towipe-in a single row of tufts the two arm lever 22 will partake of itsfull feeding movement to actuate the transporting carrier 10 and at suchtimes the projection 130 on the rod 138 is withdrawn from between theend of the adj usting screw and the arm of the bell crank lever 114,with the result that the cloth take-up will act to take up the clothafter each wiping-in action. When, however, the selecting or limitingmechanism presents one of the upstanding stops 68 to the end of the pin69, the two arm lever 22 will be arrested in its movement andthe'take-up controller rod 122 will be held in a raised or intermediateposition, with the result that the bell crank lever 124, Fig. 10, willcause the projection 130 to be interposed between the limiting stop 122and the upper arm of the two arm lever 114, so that the roller 117 willnot have its full movement towards the cam projections 118 andconsequently will be moved a less amount to take-up the cloth. Theconstruction is such that when each tube frame wipes-in only a singlerow of tufts the takeup will have a normal take-upA movement, but when atube frame is to wipe-in two or more successive rows of pattern formingtufts, the take-up will be modified or slowed down and it may be in someinstances that it will beV stopped altogether during the successive wip-Y ing-in actions by the same tube frame.

The operation of the invention will be understood from the foregoing butit may 'be summarized as follows: The tube frames 13 with theVspoolsthereon are detachably secured in a known manner to thetransporting carrier 10 and are successively brought to the wiping-inmechanism by the carrier through a step by step mechanism operated bythe drive shaft 2 and having the pawls 15 and 16 which operate to turnthe shaft 9 through the ratchet wheel 14. The wiping-in mechanismremoves each tube frame presented to it with the spool thereon from thetransportingchain and presents the yarn to the fabric being woven. Afterthe tufts are formed, the shearing mechanism severs the yarn andimmediately thereafter the wiping-in mecha-Y nism returns the tube frameand the spool to the transporting carrier. As the shearing blade 43approaches the yarn, the comb or wiper straddles the different strandsof yarn projecting from the tube frame so that, Y as the tube framemoves away fromA the agresse shearing mechanism', the yarn strands arewiped to free them' from the short libres. In this illustratedconstruction, the feeding mechanism is rendered'inoperative on thetransporting chain 10 on every other operation of the wiping mechanism,this Ybeing effected through the limiting stops 68 passing into the pathof theabutments 69 on the lever 22, on alternate downward movements ofsaid lever so that the pawls l5 and- 16 1do not turnv the ratchetll- Thelimiting stops 68 have a' step by step movement efected through thepa-wls A71 which 'are controlled fromthe driving shaft 2. The` carriersfor the shearing or cutting fblades i3 and l5 are supported intermediatetheir ends by means up close in the fabric and occupy space lon- Ygitudinally of the fabric substantially equal 'to the space ordinarilyoccupied by a single row of tufts. y y

The foregoing mechanism is particularly designed for weaving patternedAxminster fabrics of -high quality or close weave without patterndistortion. Heretofore the substantial maximum of pattern lines possiblein a patternedJ-lirminster fabric has been ten vdue to the fact that ifmore pattern lines were employed, a flattening of the pattern wouldoccur. This is overcome by repeating the pattern lines one or morevtimes andv beating the pattern lines to a higher degree in order toincrease the number of lines per inch to obtain a pattern withoutdistortion. The present application does not show a'beating mechanismbut the loom-is equipped with the usual beating mechanism now wellknown, the increased beating being obtained by slowing down or modifyingthe action of the takeup mechanism so that the beating action on thewiped-in pattern lines is increased and no pattern distortion results.

What is claimed is i l. In an AXminster loom, the combination with atransporting carrier of a plurality of tube frames thereon, a wiping-inmechanism to which the tube frames are carried successively by thetransporting carrier, a pawl and ratchet mechanism for shifting thecar-- rier step by step, andmechanism foractuating said pawl and ratchetmechanism, of means for limiting the movement ofthe last named mechanismperiodically to prevent the pawl and ratchet mechanism moving thetransporting carrier, said means comprising an abutment on the pawlshifting mechanism and an endless limiting device having projections andspaces between the projections,

the projections cooperating with the abutment fon the pawl shiftingmechanism to limit 'the movement of the latter, and spaces permittingthe abutment to pass between the projections in order that a fullmovement of 470 the pawl shifting vmechanism may Atake place. 2.- In anAxminster loom, the combination withl a transporting carrier, a tubevframe 'carried thereby, a wiping-in mechanism for n* and from the W5Vtransporting carrier, and a shearing mechamoving the tube frame tow-ardnism` f-or shearing' Athe wiped-iii yarn from the yarn on a'tube fram-eof a wiping means carried by the* shearing mechanism and en-N`gagingfwith the strands on the tube frame to remove the-short yarntherefrom as the tube frame is" moved away from the shearing mechanism.

' 3; In an Axm'inster loom the combinationw With atransporting carrier,tube frames car- 35 ried thereby, a wiping-in mechanism for moving'thetube frames toward and from the transporting carrier, and a kshearingmechanism embodying twoknife carriers each ofM Awhich .support acutting-knife, a comb wiper W0 carried byone lof theknife carriers abovetheyknifefthereof and engaging with the projecting ends lof the strandson the -tube frame asthe latter moves away from the knife carriers. v l

ll. Inan-AXminster loom, the combination with a transporting carrier,aplurality rof tube frames thereon, a wiping-in mechanismV vto which thetube frames are carried succes- F lsively by the. transporting carrier,a ratchet 5x00 wheel connected with the carrier'v for imparting amovement to the carrier through 'the length of the latter, a pivotallymounted member operated continuously during the .loom operation andprovided with spaced stops rwhich cooperate with the abutment to 7110limit the lever movement and prevent travel of the transporting carrierperiodically.

5. In an Axminster loom, the combination with a transporting carrier,tube frames carried thereby, 'and wiping-inmechanism for '7J5 moving thetube frames toward and from the transporting carrier, of a wiperengaging with the strands on the tube frame to remove the loose fibresfrom vthe yarn as the tube W `frame moves, away from the work after .a1120 Y wiping-.in operation of the wiping-in mechanism. n Y n 6. In an'AXminster loom, the combination with a .transporting carrier, a tubeframe carried thereby, and wiping-in mechanism for 3'125 moving Vtheltube frame toward .and from the transporting carrier, of a comb forengaging with the strands on the tube frame, and

means 'for operating said comb to cause it tov engage .said strands toremove the loose libres 1`30 from the strands while the tube frame isbeing carried away from the work by the wiping-in mechanism after awiping-in operation.

7. In an AXminster loom, the combination of a cloth take-up, atransporting carrier, a plurality of tube frames mounted thereon, awiping-in mechanism, means for feeding the transporting carrier topresent a tube 1,10 frame to vthe wiping-in mechanism, means actuated bya going part of the loom for suspending the feeding movement of thetransporting carrier at predetermined intervals that the wiping-inmechanism may wipe-in 15 yarns from the same tube frame a plurality oftimes, and means for modifying the action of the cloth take-up duringsuccessive wipingin operations by the same tube frame.

8. In an Axmnster loom, the combination E of means for taking up thecloth as it is woven, a transporting carrier, a plurality of tube framesmounted thereon, a wiping-in mechanism, means for feeding thetransporting carrier step by step throughout its length d5 to present atube frame to the wiping-in mechanism, means actuated by a going part ofthe loom for suspending the feeding movement of the transporting carrierat predetermined intervals that the wiping-in mechanism may 53.0 wipe-inyarns from the same tube frame a plurality of times, and means formodifying the cloth take-up during successive wiping-in operations bythe same tube frame that the plurality of pattern lines may occupy sub-CLH stantially the same space ordinarily occupied by a single patternline.

9. In an Axminster loom, the combination of cloth take-up mechanism fortaking up the cloth as it is woven, a transporting cari) rier havingtube frames thereon, a wiping-in mechanism, an actuator for moving thetransporting carrier to present a tube frame to the wiping-in mechanism,means for suspending the eective operation of the actuator at f' "4.5intervals that the wiping-in mechanism may wipe-in successive rows ofpile forming tufts from the same tube frame; and means for modifying theeffective operation of the cloth take-np mechanism during successivewiping- '50'in operations by the same tube frame that the plurality ofpattern lines formed by the same tube frame may be beaten up into closerelation to form a quality pile fabric.

l0. In an Axininster loom, the combination of a transporting chaincarrying a series of tube frames, a wiping-in mechanism, actuating meansfor the transporting chain to present a tube frame to the wiping-inmechanism, means for suspending the effective operation of the actuatingmeans for the transporting chain at intervals that the same tube framemay wipe-in successive rows of pile forming tufts, a cloth take-upmechanism and operating means therefor to take-up the cloth 65 as it iswoven, and a take-up Vcontroller operated from the actuating means forthe transporting chain for modifying the action of the take-up mechanismduring successive wiping-in operations of the same tube frame.

11. In a loom for weaving pile fabrics,

0 the combination of means for forming two 7 4or more rows of the samepattern lines in suc- `in succession so that theV said pattern lines maybe beaten up into close relation to form a quality fabric withoutdistortion of the pattern.

l2. In a loom for weaving pile fabrics, the combination of means forforming two or more rows of the same pattern lines in succession, acloth take-up mechanism and means for operating the same to take-up thecloth, controlling means for the take-up mechanism for slowing down thetake-up action of the take-up mechanism during the formation of the twoor more rows of the same pattern lines in succession that such pluralityof successive pattern lines may occupy substantially the same spacelongitudinally of the fabric that is ordinarily occupied by a singlerow. x

13. In an AXminster loom, the combination of a transporting carrierhaving a series of tube frames, a wiping-in mechanism, actuating meansfor the carrier for presenting tube frames to the wiping-in mecha-nism,'100 selecting or limiting mechanism for determining the eectiveoperation of the actuating means, a take-up mechanism for taking up thecloth as it is woven, take-up controlling means operated from theselectingor limit-ing mechanism for slowing down the take-up when theselecting or limiting mechanism indicates a suspension of movement ofthe transporting carrier that the same tube frame may wipe-in aplurality of times.

In testimony whereof, I have signed my name to this specification.

JOSEPH A. COYLE.

